1996 FASEB SUMMER CONFERENCE: RETINAL NEUROBIOLOGY AND VISUAL PROCESSING: SAXTONS RIVER, VT: JULY 13-18, 1996

视网膜是位于眼睛后部的一层组织，包含感光细胞和复杂的神经细胞网络，用于视觉处理的第一阶段。 这次会议专门讨论视网膜如何处理信息，包括系统水平，细胞和分子生物学的主题。 结果比较脊椎动物和无脊椎动物的眼睛之间，生物和人工/机器视觉之间，调节视网膜的不同部位的神经传输，并适应不同的环境，如偏振光在鱼的水下视觉。 对这些基本领域新发现的讨论强调年轻研究人员的介绍。 由于对视网膜的解剖学、生物化学和生理学的研究为大脑中神经细胞处理信息流的方式提供了许多模型，因此这次会议的影响可能超出视觉神经科学本身。 它也将是一个重要的论坛，年轻的研究人员交流思想与经验丰富的研究人员对当前非常高的兴趣的主题。

The retina is the sheet of tissue in the back of the eye that contains the photoreceptor cells and complex network of nerve cells for the first stages of visual processing. This conference is devoted specifically to how the retina handles information, and includes topics in systems level, cellular, and molecular biology. Results are compared between vertebrate and invertebrate eyes, between biological and artificial/machine vision, regulation of neural transmission in different parts of the retina, and adaptations to different environments such as polarized light for underwater vision in fish. Discussion of new findings in these fundamental areas emphasize presentations by young investigators. Because studies of the anatomy, biochemistry and physiology of the retina have provided numerous models for the way in which nerve cells in the brain handle information flow, this conference is likely to have an impact beyond visual neuroscience alone. It also will be an important forum for young investigators to exchange ideas with seasoned investigators about topics of very high current interest.